Recent content by robert bartsch

Yeh, I bought the LG player on Saturday for $350. I have not installed it into my reciever/TV yet. I will say this, the number of titles that are availible for instant viewing are quite small. I could only find a handfull on the web yesterday even though Netflix states in the promotional...

Apparently, Netflix is offering an new service where you buy a LG Blu Ray player for $399 and it allows you to download movies for play to your TV. The add says the Player must be pluged into a eithernet cable - no wireless connection will work. Question: Can you "hard wire" the LG...

I own a Denon 3300 vintage 1999. It has been to the repair shop twice and back to Denon once. Except for the constant repair issues, this is a solid performer. Your speakers are the issue and not the old Denon receiver. Anyway, I purchased an Onkyo receiver recently 7 x 130. It is a TOTAL...

I have an Onkyo 805 receiver and it popps and clicks often. My issues are when I'm using the cable Tv source that is not connected via HTMI cables. No clicks or pops ocurr during DVD playback, including my DVD copy of the Eagles Farwell, however. I'm using JBL 15" mains with...

Come to think of it, I own the same Onyko 805 receiver and it clicks and pops all the time! This seems to ocurr only on the Cable TV input and not the DVD player. Are the Onyko fellas recalling this piece of garbage? I never liked this receiver - too hard to set up, bad instructions...

I own a "KlipHorn" 12" powered sub. It is a poor design and the amp section blew after 3 years of low useage. Driver is not capible of low freq, reproduction 25-150 Hz, for example.. Stay away from this garbage! Build a JBL sub with Dynaco SS amp. for best bag for the buk.

As you know, busted tweets are the result of feeding them high power signals that contain lots of distortion (both THD, & IMD). In all likelhood, this was caused by something in the Sony disk player. What amps are you using? Some receivers, pre-amps and passive croosovers contain special...

I got the big Crown 802D yesterday but it is not installed in my HT yet. I did yank the cover and found a big copper transformer, 20 heat sunk output transistors, and old-style circuit board with some resistors, diodes, etc. Apparently, there are no micro chips that I could see. Anyway...

OK Johnnie: Thats what I have heard (no pun) too! I think I'm going with the 802D @ 500 wpc into 8 ohms.

I need some more KICK from my HT receiver - Onkyo 130 X 7. ...My fronts are JBL 15 inch, compression drivers and slot tweets. Anyway, I'm looking at Crown amps 802 series with 500 watts per side into 8 ohms that I would run from the pre-amp outs on the Onkyo. They only concern I have...

I recently bought an Onkyo 800 series rated at 130 x 7. Compared with my old Denon 3300 rated at 100 x 5, it is not rated very conservatively; I'd pick the Denon. Both the Onkyo and Denon setup procedure is a nightmare! I have installed the Onyko in a glass TV table and it throws massive...

I have an old Denon 3300 receiver that is rated at 105 watts into 8 ohms at THD .05%. The spec sheet from Denon says the receiver will accept speaker loads from 6 to 16 ohms but the maximum power rating is not provided into 16ohms. I am considering the purchase of a set of 16 ohm speakers...

Either of these would be nice: http://www.performanceaudio.com/medi...100/1254_s.pdf JBL Professional 3678 at Performance Audio

Chuck: OK, so I have one remaining room, a medium sized living area, to equip with sound and I have narrowed the choice down to two candidates (1) The Klipsch Heritage 3, and (2) the Series 3677 JBL. This will be a simple system, preferrably with only two speakers and a clean amp. Klipsch...

The big Klipsch folded horns are great speakers but have always been overpriced IMO. I've listened to these many times over the years - very impressive. Hey ChuckG: You seem to have some experience with commercial sound systems. What electronics do you see in cinema applications these days...